Odds And Ends

The Daily Politics, via Hotline, notes that U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, fresh out of New York Democrats to chat up as she moves toward a presidential run, has moved on to union leaders. Â

She set up a new federal committee for 2012 – to run again for the U.S. Senate. But it’s just a formality.

Ben notes it’s odd that a Mercury Public Affairs partner, Terry Nelson, is going to serve as the campaign manager for Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain’s presidential bid. (First reported by Chris Cillizza in The Fix).

Also, a former Mercury VP, Brian Jones, is slated to be McCain’s spokesman if and when the Arizona senator launches a presidential bid.

MercuryÂ hasÂ long beenÂ connected to one of McCain’s potential rivals for the GOP nod, Gov. George Pataki, who worked to keep McCain off the NY presidential ballot in 2000.

Another potential ’08er, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, has some spelling trouble this morning.Â Â

The Politicker has an excerpt from an upcoming NY Magazine story on state Comptroller Alan Hevesi that builds on the concept that he won’t go quietly.

Also, from the same source, NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s staffers are musical – and full of ambition for their boss.

Former Mayor Ed Koch, 82, will undergo surgery Monday to repair a hernia. “Nothing serious” he told The Empire Zone.

Glenn Blain at Politics on the Hudson has the numbers from Clinton’s latest FEC filing: $14.3 million on hand, $37.1 million spent ($11 million on direct mail). Nothing yet from her vanquished GOP opponent, former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer.